Unemployment Rate rose 3.56% to 5.35% in Slovenia in 2021, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Slovenia reached an all time high of 10.1% in 2013 and an all time low of 4.37% in 2008. When compared to Slovenia's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Austria amounted to 5.00%, 10.9% in Croatia, 2.67% in Hungary and 10.2% in Italy in 2021.
Slovenia has been ranked 57th within the group of 102 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Austria | % | 4.85% | 4.49% | 5.77% | 5.00% | 5.10% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | 18.4% | 15.7% | 16.9% | 18.0% | 18.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | 8.43% | 6.62% | 7.20% | 10.9% | 10.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 9.02% | 8.44% | 8.62% | 7.82% | 7.58% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 3.38% | 3.14% | 4.31% | 3.27% | 3.24% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 3.71% | 3.42% | 4.35% | 2.67% | 2.27% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 10.6% | 9.95% | 9.31% | 10.2% | 10.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | % | 15.2% | 15.1% | 15.9% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 3.85% | 3.28% | 3.55% | 3.88% | 3.99% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 12.7% | 10.4% | 9.08% | 12.9% | 12.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 6.54% | 5.75% | 6.79% | 6.21% | 6.14% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 5.11% | 4.45% | 5.17% | 5.35% | 5.73% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 4.71% | 4.39% | 4.94% | 2.70% | 2.71% | ... |